Harry clyde bbookens and louis bohringer



(No Model.)

H. C. BROOKENS 8v L. BOHRINGER.

HAME.=

Patented Nov..l3, 1894.

HARRY OLYDE BROOKENS AND LOUIS BOHRINGER, OF BLOOMINGTON, WISCONSIN.

HAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,919, dated November13, 1894.

Application filed July 31,1894. Serial No. 519,079. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY CLYDE BROOK- RNs and Louis BoHRINenR,citizens of the United States, residing'at Bloomington, in the county ofGrant and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful I-Iame, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a means of readily adjustingthe hanne straps to it the hannes to collars and horses of differentsizes, without detachin g or unbuckling the straps.

The invention consists in forming recesses or cavities in the hame woodnear its longi tudinal center, nearl the top thereof, a centrai one fora suitable spring, and one at each side thereof, and in providing anovel adj usting device or loop, the ends of which are recelved and heldin said cavities.

Figure l of the drawings is a longitudinal central section of the topend of a hame embodying the invention, and it illustrates the manner inwhich the adjusting device on the hame strap is applied and operated(Fig. 2 1s a perspective view of the top end of a hame showing theinvention.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

1 represents a wooden hanne of any usual or ordinary construction.

2 is the hanne iron, which may extend over the entire outer surface ofthe hanne, and be returned or bent over at the top and bottom asrepresented, or separate irons may be used extending over the top andbottom of the hanne only.

3 is a recess or cavity for receiving and holding the spring 4, which inthis instance is a coiled spring, and 5, 5 are other recesses is made ofwire or other suitable metal, and the turned up ends thereof rest in therecesses or cavities 5, 5. A-flat plate or bar 8 is secured to the legsof the staple at each end thereof.

The serpentine adjusting wire 7 has its ter- 8, whereby the adjustingwire is mounted thereon.

The hame iron 2 is slotted longitudinally at 9, the slot beingsufficiently wide to allow the serpentine staple Or loop to play freelyup anddown therethrough.

l0 is the loop to which the hame strapis secured, and which is readilyadjustable in a manner which will be apparent, by pressing the staple orserpentine loop downward against the action of the spring 4, and thenmoving the loop up or down, as may be desired.

The companion hame is constructed in precisely the manner abovedescribed, and the two are connected by the hame strap, and areadjustable to t a large or small collar or horse, by moving the loop toany desired point, without detaching or unbuckling the hame straps.

The loop l0 may be quickly adjusted by simply slipping it up or down onthe hame,

the adjusting wire, owing to its inclined portions, being readilydepressible to permit such a sliding movement of the loop.

The invention is adapted for ordinary hannes, and for use with any ofthe customary hame straps, or in connection with any form of trace-eye.

Minor changes in the details of construction may be made within thescope of the invention without departing from the spirit, or sacrificingany of the advantages thereof.

Having thus fully described the invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a hame having in its hame-iron a longitudinal slotand provided beneath the iron at the slot with a recess, a platearranged within the recess and located beneath the slot of the haineiron, and provided at its ends with perforations, a spring for pressingthe plate outward, and a longitudinally disposed serpentine adjustingwire In testimony thatJ We claim the foregoing as to our own we havehereto aixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY CLYDE BROOKENS. LOUIS BOHRINGER.

Witnesses:

P. BARTLEY, T. S: BRooKENs.

